Hey all.
I've seen a few posts with this topic but none seem to completely match the symptoms I've been having;
I've got a samsung S3 i9300, stock ROM and unrooted with a serious charging issue. Seems no matter what I do the phone won't charge. I've tried:
Mains Charging
USB Charging (through PC)
Wireless Charging
Changed three different batteries
Used the galaxy charging app to make sure it's getting the 999 it needs on mains
Begged the Gods to charge it.
On everything it will state the phone is charging but never go above 3 or 4% regardless if it's on or off.
I've watched the battery graph nosedive whilst it's off charging, putting it on charge only flattens it a bit.
I'm just curious as to how I go about fixing this; is this some sort of software glitch? Have I been cursed? Do I need to perform some sort of battery exorcism?!
My thanks for any and all replies.
sounds more like a hardware issue ,have you tried with other battery(new ones) ,how old is your phone ?
Try factory reset, followed by stock firmware flash with Odin if that doesn't help.
If still the same then probably hardware, charging circuit failed. A work around would be two batteries and external charging cradle.
I've tried a factory reset. It seemed happy to charge on mains again but got up to only 45%, and levelled off; it refused to charge more (I left it for an hour) It then started dropping rapidly, going from 45 to 41 in less then two minutes.
I've noticed another oddity; even though I've turned WiFi off, the battery screen reports it as constantly on.
Amberw said:
I've tried a factory reset. It seemed happy to charge on mains again but got up to only 45%, and levelled off; it refused to charge more (I left it for an hour) It then started dropping rapidly, going from 45 to 41 in less then two minutes.
I've noticed another oddity; even though I've turned WiFi off, the battery screen reports it as constantly on.
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I had the exact problem with my G Nexus,it was charging only to 70% and then just remain there,even with the charger connected it started to drop battery,I tried to change the charging port,nothing,I tried to change the charger,nothing,finnaly I bought a new battery and the problem dissapeared.
gabyif said:
I had the exact problem with my G Nexus,it was charging only to 70% and then just remain there,even with the charger connected it started to drop battery,I tried to change the charging port,nothing,I tried to change the charger,nothing,finnaly I bought a new battery and the problem dissapeared.
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I've tried three battieres, no luck
Hello Everyone,
ive just bought a Honor 7 yesterday. updated OTA. the phone is charging very, very slow. its also decharging very quickly. like it takes 1hour to charge 10%. im using the huawei charger and cable that came with it. but it doesnt matter, charging with other chargers or at my pc is still exactly as low. so i charged the thing the whole day yesterday. i closed all running apps and went to sleep, at this point the batterie was at 97%. so after 6hours of sleep, the batterie is completely empty... theres a 128gb sd card in it, but ive already formatted it yesterday using the phone. (i did read it can drain the batterie if not properly formatted) restarting the phone doesnt help either. factory reset doesnt do anything. DOA? should i just return it?
you should change it to another. sounds like yours is damaged somehow, my battery charges 40% in hour
turn off phone and see how long it take to charge if still slow there is a battery problem, get it replaced
got a new one and its working now!
Okay I just had this issue on my N10, but I solved it by switching the charger out (yes sounds stupid, but it helped)
I did have this problem on other tablets however and I am happy to share the solutions I have found over the years.
Solution 1: Battery stats.
Plug it in and boot into twrp. If it just keeps showing a faint white battery icon, use solution 2. Now max out the screen brightness, and let it die. Now plug it in and charge it to 100%, boot into the OS and calibrate the battery by wiping the battery stats or grabbing a battery calibration app off the play store.
Solution 2: Different charger/Wall Brick
This was my N10s issue, I tried solution 1 but that didn't help, so I tried switching out the wall brick. I traded my 5 Watt amazon adapter for a generic usb wall brick. My wall brick heats up, yours might not. You know that the charger is a problem when you plug it in and the battery icon is dim, it should be full brightness and doing a little charging animation. I noticed that this generic brick would do the animation so I tried just leaving it plugged into that, and my tablet is now at 7% and going up slowly.
Solution 3: Reboot over and over again
Exactly the title. On my old kindle, the battery would occasionally come up with a real number rather than 0%.
Solution 4: Rom cycling
Flashing a different rom. I had to do this on my old tablet a few times, but it would fix it sometimes. Honestly any rom will do, just keep cycling.
Solution 5: Replace the battery
Lastly you could just replace the battery. a battery is about 40$ on amazon, so this is a bit pricey. This is a last resort and will most likely fix your problem, and if it doesn't, you'll at least have a nice full battery for when you do. I've never done this, but I've read about people having success when they do.
Tried most of the items you pointed out and unfortunately changing the battery was my only success.
However the new battery is also starting to give away. Using it as a photo frame so battery is not a issue, the yellowing of the screen however is..
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'ole N10 user here, ordered a $23 replacement battery just now then hoping it resolves basically a dead battery. I own lots of tablets but a "why not" feeling if $23 makes it as-new.
MeowDude said:
Okay I just had this issue on my N10, but I solved it by switching the charger out (yes sounds stupid, but it helped)
I did have this problem on other tablets however and I am happy to share the solutions I have found over the years.
Solution 1: Battery stats.
Plug it in and boot into twrp. If it just keeps showing a faint white battery icon, use solution 2. Now max out the screen brightness, and let it die. Now plug it in and charge it to 100%, boot into the OS and calibrate the battery by wiping the battery stats or grabbing a battery calibration app off the play store.
Solution 2: Different charger/Wall Brick
This was my N10s issue, I tried solution 1 but that didn't help, so I tried switching out the wall brick. I traded my 5 Watt amazon adapter for a generic usb wall brick. My wall brick heats up, yours might not. You know that the charger is a problem when you plug it in and the battery icon is dim, it should be full brightness and doing a little charging animation. I noticed that this generic brick would do the animation so I tried just leaving it plugged into that, and my tablet is now at 7% and going up slowly.
Solution 3: Reboot over and over again
Exactly the title. On my old kindle, the battery would occasionally come up with a real number rather than 0%.
Solution 4: Rom cycling
Flashing a different rom. I had to do this on my old tablet a few times, but it would fix it sometimes. Honestly any rom will do, just keep cycling.
Solution 5: Replace the battery
Lastly you could just replace the battery. a battery is about 40$ on amazon, so this is a bit pricey. This is a last resort and will most likely fix your problem, and if it doesn't, you'll at least have a nice full battery for when you do. I've never done this, but I've read about people having success when they do.
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I can confirm that there is something strange going on on the nexus 10 hardware. When I received my second hand nexus 10 ,it shoots down at 40% . Now after 3 months, I don't know why but trying to charge in twrp, let it go drain all the battery in twrp, and charging when it's turned off completely recovered the charging hardware ,because I know the battery can't recover from a bad state . Now it turns off at 0% , and it's not only a calibration effect, it lasts longer than before. I charged mine with an aukey charger and some good quality cables . I never used the original wall charger , because the aukey has 5 connectors and I use it to charge all my devices
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I can confirm that there is something strange going on on the nexus 10 hardware. When I received my second hand nexus 10 ,it shoots down at 40% . Now after 3 months, I don't know why but trying to charge in twrp, let it go drain all the battery in twrp, and charging when it's turned off completely recovered the charging hardware ,because I know the battery can't recover from a bad state . Now it turns off at 0% , and it's not only a calibration effect, it lasts longer than before. I charged mine with an aukey charger and some good quality cables . I never used the original wall charger , because the aukey has 5 connectors and I use it to charge all my devices
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I fixed it, turns out it was the charger I was using. Guess I was lucky, my Nexus 10 is a champ now.
I fitted my Nexus 10 battery. Bought the battery [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yru4k62qdEU"]here[/URL] and used this video guide. It was very easy took me about 30m watching and re-watching the key steps, the ribbons being the one to pay particular attention. Wow, though 17 screws......
I have Android N via Pure Nexus unofficial build and its performing well. Its relatively slow cpu by today's standards does make it stutter more if I make it do a few things at once, relative to my Pixel C, but I love the forward speakers and good now for a spare tablet. I just did similar thing for my Nexus 7 2013.
The Pogo pins is finnicky takes a few connection attempts til it works. I can see why 2 models later (after Nexus 10 was 9 then Pixel C) they moved to USB-C 3A 5V 15W its far quicker.
I've replaced the battery, changed a few roms, use different chargers all the time (whichever is Handy), and tried resetting the battery stats. No joy so far. Always shuts down at 30%.
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I've replaced the battery, changed a few roms, use different chargers all the time (whichever is Handy), and tried resetting the battery stats. No joy so far. Always shuts down at 30%.
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I had the same issue with a new battery. I charged it up to 100% then went into twrp (I'm running linage) and wiped the cache. Touch wood it seems fixed.
I'm having a good experience once I opened up my N10 and replaced the battery. I'm getting very good battery life, on full brightness about 8-9 hours.
I like the screen form factor for watching videos like MP4 or Netflix. It is so good I turned off my Pixel C at 60% charge to make its $600 expense I spent 18 months ago last as long as possible for when I need its performance which is when traveling.
The recharge performance is the biggest weakness, I have to plug in the Pogo cable and leave it alone. I have a bit of light bleed on bottom right corner. Audio via built in speaker is a bit feeble. Running Pure Nexus which eventually will get Oreo.
I bought my Nexus 10 when released. Battery still lasts till the end and charges fine to 100%.
But this screen is so bright, I always kept it at lowest brightness. No screen issues and no battery issues and use it everyday since new.
I bought my Nexus 10 the week it was released. The battery eventually stopped holding a charge, and I replaced it. Now my battery indicator is stuck at 100%, which is as bad as 0%.
I'm about to try a different ROM. Hopefully that will help.
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I bought my Nexus 10 the week it was released. The battery eventually stopped holding a charge, and I replaced it. Now my battery indicator is stuck at 100%, which is as bad as 0%.
I'm about to try a different ROM. Hopefully that will help.
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Fully charge it, wipe battery stats, reboot
This is a common problem when swapping batteries on any device. It took me a while to respond because MeowDude is my old account.
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Fully charge it, wipe battery stats, reboot
This is a common problem when swapping batteries on any device. It took me a while to respond because MeowDude is my old account.
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I tried letting the battery drain until it shut down, then recharging to 100%. I think it's better - not sure.
How do I wipe the battery stats?
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I tried letting the battery drain until it shut down, then recharging to 100%. I think it's better - not sure.
How do I wipe the battery stats?
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you'll have to root the tablet and then download a battery stats wiping app off google play
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you'll have to root the tablet and then download a battery stats wiping app off google play
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It's rooted. What app?
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It's rooted. What app?
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just search battery stats wipe on google play
Last year my Nexus 10 was due for a new battery. I swapped it for a new genuine one, but since that day the Nexus will shut down at around 80% charge. It's not that this percentage is incorrect (it happens at around two hours of light use), but it somehow sees 80% as 'empty' and shuts down. I've tried all solutions mentioned in this thread but to no avail. Any ideas?
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Last year my Nexus 10 was due for a new battery. I swapped it for a new genuine one, but since that day the Nexus will shut down at around 80% charge. It's not that this percentage is incorrect (it happens at around two hours of light use), but it somehow sees 80% as 'empty' and shuts down. I've tried all solutions mentioned in this thread but to no avail. Any ideas?
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Since I replaced my battery, my Nexus 10 stays charged for days. If you've replaced the ROM (so you know it's not a software problem), then it must be a hardware problem. Hopefully you just got a bad battery, and it's not the Nexus 10 itself.
I have done a search and found dozens of threads on this topic, but none of them comes to a conclusion.
This problem has been around since the s2 and happens at random to many brands including iPhone.
I have replaced the battery, wiped and reflashed the stock rom, calibrated, ect, but the problem persists.
It appears that the saturation and trickle modes have stopped working. When my other phones hit 100%, the charge continues for a few minutes, then goes to maintenance mode. When my s6 reaches 100%, it instantly stops charging and the battery % begins dropping several percent.
This started after I tried the battery charge limit app from Slash. Before this I could let the phone idle for 2 hours while still reading 100%.
I'm surprised this 10 year old problem still hasn't been solved. Hopefully xda members will change that and I can give my s6 every drop of desperately needed juice to get me through a long day.
Thanks to all in advance.
Bam